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Joplin, located in the four states region encompassing Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas, rests at the edge of the Ozark Mountain region. It is home to Missouri Southern State University among other higher education institutions. Several buildings in Joplin’s downtown area have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places for their historic and architectural significance. Numerous trucking lines such as CFI (now Con-Way Truckload) are headquartered in town, as the city is situated near the geographic and population centers of the nation.

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Data is for the metro area
Sources: Moody's Analytics; Sperling's BestPlaces; U.S. Census.
Numbers as of Oct 2017

a - Value of 100 means that a family with the median income has exactly enough income to qualify for a typical mortgage on a median-priced single-family home. An index above 100 signifies that the family has surplus income.